diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpprefactoringchanges.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpprefactoringchanges.cpp
index 7ee709c118f..e0e0249c0ee 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpprefactoringchanges.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpprefactoringchanges.cpp
@@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ CppRefactoringFile::CppRefactoringFile(const FilePath &filePath, const QSharedPo
 {
     const Snapshot &snapshot = data->m_snapshot;
     m_cppDocument = snapshot.document(filePath);
-    m_formattingEnabled = true;
+    enableFormatting();
 }
 
 CppRefactoringFile::CppRefactoringFile(QTextDocument *document, const FilePath &filePath)
     : RefactoringFile(document, filePath)
 {
-    m_formattingEnabled = true;
+    enableFormatting();
 }
 
 CppRefactoringFile::CppRefactoringFile(TextEditor::TextEditorWidget *editor)
     : RefactoringFile(editor)
 {
-    m_formattingEnabled = true;
+    enableFormatting();
 }
 
 Document::Ptr CppRefactoringFile::cppDocument() const
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ const Token &CppRefactoringFile::tokenAt(unsigned index) const
 
 void CppRefactoringFile::fileChanged()
 {
-    QTC_ASSERT(!m_filePath.isEmpty(), return);
+    QTC_ASSERT(!filePath().isEmpty(), return);
     m_cppDocument.clear();
     CppModelManager::updateSourceFiles({filePath()});
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsrefactoringchanges.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsrefactoringchanges.cpp
index 6d16b1663cc..0e03454250a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsrefactoringchanges.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsrefactoringchanges.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ QmlJSRefactoringFile::QmlJSRefactoringFile(
 {
     // the RefactoringFile is invalid if its not for a file with qml or js code
     if (ModelManagerInterface::guessLanguageOfFile(filePath) == Dialect::NoLanguage)
-        m_filePath.clear();
+        invalidate();
 }
 
 QmlJSRefactoringFile::QmlJSRefactoringFile(TextEditor::TextEditorWidget *editor, Document::Ptr document)
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ QmlJSRefactoringFile::QmlJSRefactoringFile(TextEditor::TextEditorWidget *editor,
     , m_qmljsDocument(document)
 {
     if (document)
-        m_filePath = document->fileName();
+        setFilePath(document->fileName()); // TODO: Is this really a different file path than in the editor?
 }
 
 Document::Ptr QmlJSRefactoringFile::qmljsDocument() const
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ bool QmlJSRefactoringFile::isCursorOn(SourceLocation loc) const
 
 void QmlJSRefactoringFile::fileChanged()
 {
-    QTC_ASSERT(!m_filePath.isEmpty(), return);
+    QTC_ASSERT(!filePath().isEmpty(), return);
     m_qmljsDocument.clear();
     m_data->m_modelManager->updateSourceFiles({filePath()}, true);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.h
index 5d270b2f652..20de8dad87c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class TextEditorWidget;
 class TEXTEDITOR_EXPORT RefactoringFile
 {
     Q_DISABLE_COPY(RefactoringFile)
+    friend class PlainRefactoringFileFactory; // access to constructor
 public:
     using Range = Utils::ChangeSet::Range;
 
@@ -39,8 +40,7 @@ public:
     bool isValid() const;
 
     const QTextDocument *document() const;
-    // mustn't use the cursor to change the document
-    const QTextCursor cursor() const;
+    const QTextCursor cursor() const; // mustn't use the cursor to change the document
     Utils::FilePath filePath() const;
     TextEditorWidget *editor() const;
 
@@ -69,10 +69,16 @@ protected:
     RefactoringFile(TextEditorWidget *editor);
     RefactoringFile(const Utils::FilePath &filePath);
 
-    QTextDocument *mutableDocument() const;
+    void invalidate() { m_filePath.clear(); }
+    void setFilePath(const Utils::FilePath &filePath) { m_filePath = filePath; }  // FIXME: Really necessary?
+    void enableFormatting() { m_formattingEnabled = true; }
 
-    // derived classes may want to clear language specific extra data
-    virtual void fileChanged() {}
+private:
+    virtual void fileChanged() {} // derived classes may want to clear language specific extra data
+    virtual void indentSelection(const QTextCursor &selection,
+                                 const TextDocument *textDocument) const;
+    virtual void reindentSelection(const QTextCursor &selection,
+                                   const TextDocument *textDocument) const;
 
     enum IndentType {Indent, Reindent};
     void indentOrReindent(const RefactoringSelections &ranges, IndentType indent);
@@ -84,10 +90,7 @@ protected:
     static RefactoringSelections rangesToSelections(QTextDocument *document,
                                                     const QList<Range> &ranges);
 
-    virtual void indentSelection(const QTextCursor &selection,
-                                 const TextDocument *textDocument) const;
-    virtual void reindentSelection(const QTextCursor &selection,
-                                   const TextDocument *textDocument) const;
+    QTextDocument *mutableDocument() const;
 
     Utils::FilePath m_filePath;
     mutable Utils::TextFileFormat m_textFileFormat;
@@ -102,8 +105,6 @@ protected:
     int m_editorCursorPosition = -1;
     bool m_appliedOnce = false;
     bool m_formattingEnabled = false;
-
-    friend class PlainRefactoringFileFactory; // access to constructor
 };
 
 class TEXTEDITOR_EXPORT RefactoringFileFactory